Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement on the mass firing of 10,000 federal workers at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):
“Amid major health challenges, including outbreaks of bird flu and measles Trump and RFK Jr. are undertaking an extreme and dangerous purge of health and medical expertise from the Department of Health and Human… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) yesterday addressed Trump’s upcoming tariffs during a hearing of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee before engaging witnesses with questions. Since Beyer’s remarks, Trump has reportedly planned the imposition of additional auto tariffs.
Video of his remarks is available here, and text follows below.
We are having this hearing a week before what… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district in the U.S. House that includes the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency, today called for the resignations of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in the wake of reporting… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Terri Sewell (D-AL) today sought clarification on the authority behind the unlawful and unprecedented executive overreach targeting the United Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit. In a letter to Loren J. Sciurba, the senior official in the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the… Read more »
U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), joined by Representatives André Carson (D-IN), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called for immediate and permanent changes to ensure airspace safety at Washington… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) issued the following statement today after his constituent, Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, was arrested and detained outside his home in Rosslyn:
“Badar Khan Suri’s detention is a clear violation of his constitutional rights, and he must be released. Mr. Suri is here lawfully and is not accused of a crime, yet he was surrounded outside the… Read more »
Netanyahu's decision to reignite the war in Gaza as opposed to moving to phase 2 of the ceasefire is a tragedy in the making. Renewed fighting makes the safe return of Israeli hostages less likely, while increasing the suffering of civilians in Gaza who are already being denied basic humanitarian assistance. Poll after poll shows that the majority of Israelis oppose this course of… Read more »
March 18, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Following passage of H. Con. Res. 14, the House budget resolution setting up Republicans’ reconciliation legislation to cut Medicaid to pay for lower taxes for the wealthiest Americans, U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) hosted a roundtable discussion with local elected leaders, healthcare providers, advocates, and affected… Read more »
Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia district that includes National Airport (DCA), today applauded the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) permanent closure of helicopter Route 4, which runs past DCA. The Army Black Hawk involved in a fatal collision with American Airlines Flight 5342 on January 29th was flying on helicopter Route 4 close to… Read more »
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) today wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. opposing the elimination or reduction in force (RIF) of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) amid reports that the Department is pursuing harmful cuts that could jeopardize… Read more »
